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Browsing Archive: November, 2011

Massive corporations hate being held accountable when their recklessness and greed hurt our economy, our environment and people in our communities — and they’re spending millions on lobbyists and campaign contributions to put their priorities on top.

So instead of policies that would actually help put Americans back to work, Congress this week is focusing on what the corporate lobbyists want: deregulation.The House of Representatives is set to vote later this week on bills that would sabo...Continue reading ...

The Senate will soon vote on a bill that would let big corporations censor websites at will.

The bill — the Protect IP Act, or PIPA (S. 968) — is intended to stop online copyright piracy (just like SOPA, its cousin in the House). But PIPA’s authority is so broad it would give corporations unprecedented power to abuse our Internet freedoms..

In the last month, more than one million people have told Congress to reject PIPA and SOPA..

#Whilewewatch, a 40 minute Documentary short, is the gripping portrait of the Occupy Wall Street media
revolution. Citizens came together at Zuccotti Park with energy,
intelligence and guts to impassion their message. Director Kevin Breslin's passionate, raw and sensitive inside story,."Shows us what democracy looks like."

The film
discovers the Occupy Wall St media team who had no fear of a
critical city government, big corporations, hostile police, or a lagging
main stream media to tell...Continue reading ...

On the evening of November 17th, tens of thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters marched throughout New York City, many making their way on to the Brooklyn Bridge, carrying LED candles and chanting. As Occupiers took the bridge in a seemingly endless sea of people, words in light appeared projected on the iconic Verizon Building nearby.

A few hours later, creater Mark Read, who organized the "bat-signal" project, told Boing Boingwhy and how he did this, and what technology he used:

A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an
$850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who might express sympathy for the protests, according to
a memo obtained by the MSNBC program “Up w/ Chris Hayes.”

As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, U.S. Senator from Vermont (Independent) Bernie Sanders sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are to the well-being of tens of millions of our people and they do not want to see these ...Continue reading ...

Captain Raymond Lewis, featured in two of our previous videos, below, was arrested this afternoon in NYC during the Occupy protests. Thus far today, over 175 people have been arrested and several injuries have been reported. Bloodied protesters were seen being led away by police. The estimate by those on the ground in the afternoon was that 5000 protesters were currently involved. That number was expected to swell as people got off work. By late in the evening. 35,000 protesters were said ...Continue reading ...

"Public Safety" has become the mantra of those who seek to squash dissent and defend the powerful.

The New York Times confirmed what was already reported via twitter by those on the scene at the time. As New York City police cleared the Occupy Wall Street campsite in Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning, many journalists were blocked from observing and interviewing protesters. Some called it a media blackout and said in interviews that they believed that the police efforts were a deliberate att...Continue reading ...

Dorli Rainey on being pepper-sprayed by Seattle police, and the importance of activism: Dorli grew up in Nazi Germany, and later became an involved American citizen. She brings the insight of her experiences to the table. Hover your cursor below to play the video.

Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters streamed back into Zuccotti Park late Tuesday, November 15th, less than 24 hours after police forcibly removed them from their camp. Among the more than 200 people arrested earlier that morning was Ydanis Rodriguez, a New York City Council member. He was there advocating for his constituents, as were other council members at the time of the raid. City Council Member Jumaane Williams tweeted that his fellow city council member, Rodriguez, was hit by ...Continue reading ...

Captain Raymond Lewis, a retired Police Captain from
Philadelphia, took his chances to come out in full uniform in a show of support for the Occupy Movement at the re-occupied Zuccotti
Park. This is just a tiny snippet of the on-site interview which I watched live on Ustream on the night of November
15th. The entire time he was there, it was obvious that the NYPD were trying to figure out what to do about him.
In fact, at one point, a plainsclothes detective came up and challenged ...Continue reading ...

This
interview was conducted by Rose Aguilar, host of Your Call on KALW 91.7
FM in San Francisco and KUSP 88.9 FM in Santa Cruz, on November 5th with Karen Ford, a self-described lifelong Republican at an Occupy
Monterey rally.

Take the time to listen to this articulate women express her thoughts about her party and about the movement.

Theodore Roosevelt was a long-time leader of the Republican party, and U.S. President (1901-1909)

"The Republican Party has totally abdicated its job in our democracy, which is to act as the guardian of fiscal discipline and responsibility. They're on an anti-tax jihad – one that benefits the prosperous classes." -- Republican David Stockman, who served as budget director under Reagan. It's difficult to imagine today, but taxing the rich wasn't always a major flash point of American politic...Continue reading ...

The separation of money from politics is key to restoring a healthy democracy. Righting the wrongs of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which allowed for huge new unregulated flows of corporate political spending, has been a rallying point for many within the 99% Movement.

U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled on Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 that the Bush administration did not complete a required environmental review when it said the bear's designation as threatened in 2008 could not be used as a backdoor way to control greenhouse gases blamed for global warming. Sullivan's decision directs the Interior Department to respond by Nov. 17 with a timetable for when it will complete the required environmental review. Sullivan left an interim 2008 protection designation...Continue reading ...